BANKING AND 1963 THIS VOLUME IS A PROJECT OF THE MONETARY Edited by DEANE CARSON Associate Professor of Economics, Brown University Department of Banking and Economic Research Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Published by RICHARD D. IRWIN, INC. HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS 1963 BY RICHARD D. IRWIN, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS BOOK OR ANY PART First Printing, September, 1963 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Library of Congress Catalogue Card No. 63-22392 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON It is fitting that the centennial year of the National Banking System should be marked by the publication of this volume of essays, written by distinguished economists, and devoted to historical and contemporary monetary problems, institutions and policy. These essays constitute a permanent tribute to the essential wisdom of the framers of the National Currency Act of 1863, to the outstanding record of Federally-chartered banks in responding to the demands of rapid economic change over the past century, and to those who have been responsible for the flexible regulation of these banks in the public interest. They also serve to remind both bankers and public officials that change is a never-ending process which calls for continuing improvements in our National Banking System to adapt it to the challenges of its second hundred years. Миний |